Fare-box.



c. E. BECHTOLT.

.FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED mac. 30. i916- Patented J an. 8, 1918.

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UNITED snares PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE E. BECHTOLT, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR' TO THE RECORDING AND COM- PUTING MACHINES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION 'OF OHIO.

FARE-Box.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, CLARENCE E.']3Ecu- TOLT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery'and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ijare- Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

' My invention relates to fare boxes, and in particular to ameans for separating coins and tickets from one another which are deposited indiscriminately through the mouth of said fare box. 1

The object ot' my invention is to separate the coins and tickets. In particular it is my object to so sift and separate the coins from the tickets that it may be done both rapidly and economically and that the tickets may be retained in the sifter or separator in such a way that they can be disposed of by deposit in a receptacle or by canceling and then depositing them in said receptacle.

It is my object to prevent the tickets from following the coins.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of a fare box employing my separator or sifter; Fig. 2 is atop, plan view of the separator itself; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line a a of Fig. 2 at right angles to the longitudinal axis of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the separator.

In Fig. 1 the entire fare box is shown assembled in suliicient detail to indicate the general relation of the separator to the rest of the mechanism. The tickets and coins enter at the top of the fare box at the point 1 and rest upon the inspection plates 2, 2 before dropping into the hopper, of which the sifter body 3 forms the bottom. Upon the operation of the handle 4 by a suitable train of gears, cams and levers the sitter body 3 is placed generally across the bottom of the hopper 5 and the inspection plates 2, 2 are operated at the middle and depressed so that the coins and tickets can fall upon the body of the separator. Upon the continued turning of the crank4 through certain cam and gear mechanism, together with the attendant levers which it is not necessary to describe in this instance, the separator is swung back and forth on the pivotal point 6 so that it assumes varied po- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

Application filed December 30,1916. Serial No. 139,917.

sitions, shaking the coins and tickets rest.- ing upon it with the result that the coins fall through the apertures 7, 7 into a suit.- able'receptacle below the separator. The tickets in this particular fare box are retained on the body of the separator designated as 3 and finally the body of the separator is brought in close proximity to the periphery of the drum 8 which serves to pick up the tickets and carry them under the inking and canceling roller 9 and thence into the chute 10 where the canceled tickets are carried into a suitable receptacle.

I do not mean to confine myself to any combination in which the separator is to be used solely for the purpose of sitting the tickets to be canceled as the tickets can be disposed of in many ways, but my primary object is to separate the coins from the tickets in such a way that the tickets will not be mutilated by such a means as the ribbed drum and will still be kept from following the coins.

In order toaccomplish this object I have placed a series of arches 10, 10, one over each aperture 7. These arches are of 21 peculiar configuration, in cross section triangular with the apex of the triangle adjacent the aperture through which the coins descend. This arch prevents the ticket from dropping through the aperture 7 While at the same time it permits the coin to slip by. The apertures usually are slightly larger than the size of the maximum coin handled and often times wider than the width of the ticket. This arch or bridge spanning the aperture prevent the ticket from getting through the opening completely, while the sharp edge permits the coin to readily slide by the obstruction.

In my separator I have provided a steel guard plate 11 as a lining for the separator which is usually made of a soft metal like aluminium in order to secure a very light construction which can be readily handled and operated.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a top, plan View of the separator per se. The bridge or arch 10, 10 can be seen-below the orifice spanning it. 12 indicates the apex of the triangular formation of the rib or arch. 13 represents a lip or rib running around a portion of the periphery of each orifice.

Figs. 3 and 4 are merely additional views of thejsame separator and do notenec essi tate any additional description." -Like"numerals designate like parts.

W ile sh e-sho m nd escribed gone" d men ofthe inv ntion t will be understood that this has been chosen for the purposes of illustration only and that -I-d0 not desire to be limited to the details of constructloii showiizand idescribed, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the ert. V

. l lav ng thus fully, descnhed myinventi on,

" what I claim as new and desire 't ois ecure by Letters Patent,- is v 11. In a separator, a curved body. with-a hole therein, an arch UnClQIflSaICl hole, where- 'by c'oinsare allowed toesjc'ape but ticlret s are prevented'gfroni'doing so. l I y .2. In a' separa'tor, a curved body with a hole therein, an arch extending longitudinally from one edge ofsaid hole tothe other edge, whereby coins are allowed to escape but tickets are prevented from doing so. *3. Ina separator, acurvejd bodywitha hole therein, an arch extendingflongitudina'lly from one cdge ofsejidhole to theother edge, said arch being triangular'in cross sec tion with the apex of the triangleadjacent to the hole, whereby coinsaregallowed' to es cape but tic l'rets are prevented fro'rndoing so.

4. In a separator, a curved body with a series of -holestherein. a series of arches spanningsaid holes, whereby coins ,arefel lowed to'escape but tickets are prevented from doing soh '5. Inaseparatona curved 'bojdyfwitha series of holes disposed in ipa'irs, qne'behind the other, an arclrfor each'hol'e --wl;1 ereescape of tickets, whereby gcoillfii lre allowed toesc pe hu the t ckets are pit'eren ed from .d ieesm V 8; V TIl'i e c mb1nat1On; with a v.fare llooxghax "Orifice thereineand' .means.:co6perating with e 111g aliopper provided-with coin sifting de y e fli fe h, tote cu ed may wi h lzi hole fiherein, an itc eXtenl ng l g inall froinl one edgeof saidyhole :to 'tlieIothei-on one side of'said curvedlbody, whereby coins are allowed toeseapeihilt tickets are .1116- v t djfrom.ddingvso; .7 j -TI1 sepa a'wea sifting ioilate' P vided with a plurality iof openings through which coins may pass, and'guardsmonnted bel w said ep n gsct p vent [the passage thickets, a r

1Q. In a separator, .a curved body, a hole the ein fo tt iepas a'ge i oinmn arch for saidholleto prevent the passage ofa ticket therethrotigh, another hole "in said body co+ Op r ing with a pin Pass ng itherethrough todislQfilgfi 3J y' coi ns adjacent said secondi lh 0 .le,'-whereby th e1CQi,I S,are,al- I .escape bQut tickets are prevented from doing so.

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